No. 8 To the Empress, at Malmaison
Paris, Sunday, December 31, 10 A.M., 1809.
My Dear,—To-day I have a grand parade; I shall see all my Old Guard and more than sixty artillery trains.
The King of Westphalia is returning home, which will leave a house vacant in Paris. I am sad not to see you. If the parade finishes before 3 o’clock, I will come; otherwise, to-morrow.
Adieu, dear.
Napoleon.